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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11059

12 April 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) taxation
Semeta says unanimous decision-making is slowing tax progress

Brussels, 11/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta of Lithuania used an address at the French Senate to complain about the slow progress on tax issues at EU level.

“The reality of our decision-making process is that the convoy currently moves at the pace of the slowest ship”, he lamented. Tax decisions require unanimous decision-making among member states at the EU Council of Ministers, giving a small number of countries the opportunity to veto things for...

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